Speaking of Louisiana and New Orleans, here's a fact that probably hasn't reached the Guardian. After the Katrina hurricane, Louisiana elected a former Bush official, governor: Bobby Jindal… (View Post)

Foxy's suggestion for electing Lords from local governments reminds me of the 17th Amendment to the US Constitution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Cons… (View Post)

Since some of you are interested in the subject, here's an extensive poll on American attitudes and behavior, including the tendency to watch pornography: https://www.americansurveycenter.org/re… (View Post)

Glenn Kessler, the lead fact checker for the Washington Post, almost always describes the errors he finds as "falsehoods", rather than "lies". (And grades them by the number of &q… (View Post)

On the public display of pornography: There was a sad case in Connecticut some years ago. A substitute teacher, wanting to send an email or two, turned on the classroom computer -- which began displa… (View Post)